BAE SYSTEMS Awarded Ammunition Storage, Handling and Management Services Contract.Business Editors ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 31, 2001 BAE SYSTEMS BAE Systems British manufacturer of aircraft, missiles, avionics, naval vessels, and other aerospace and defense products. BAE Systems was formed (1999) from the merger of British Aerospace (BAe) with Marconi Electronic Systems. Technical Services, part of BAE SYSTEMS North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , has been awarded a five million dollar contract by the Regional Contracting Department, Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor, land-locked harbor, on the southern coast of Oahu island, Hawaii, W of Honolulu; one of the largest and best natural harbors in the E Pacific Ocean. In the vicinity are many U.S. military installations, including the chief U.S. , Hawaii. This contract contains options, which, if exercised, will bring the total cumulative value to $25 million. Under the contract, BAE SYSTEMS will provide ammunition This article is largely based on the article in the out-of-copyright 11th edition of the Encyclopdia Britannica, which was produced in 1911. It should be brought up to date to reflect subsequent history or scholarship (including the references, if any). storage, handling, and management services for the Naval Magazine at Pearl Harbor. Support will include supply and logistics management Logistics Management is that part of Supply Chain Management that plans, implements, and controls the efficient, effective, forward, and reverse flow and storage of goods, services, and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet for all conventional U.S. Naval ordnance arriving and departing de·part v. de·part·ed, de·part·ing, de·parts v.intr. 1. To go away; leave. 2. To die. 3. from Pearl Harbor. Ordnance and ammunition management for the U.S. Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard will also be provided. Work is expected to be completed by September 2002 and will be performed by personnel of the BAE SYSTEMS Technical Services, Pearl Harbor office. BAE SYSTEMS Technical Services is an operating element of BAE SYSTEMS Technologies Services Sector. "We have a strong and long-established partnership with the Naval Magazine at Pearl Harbor" said Bruce Hamilton, President, BAE SYSTEMS Technologies Services Sector. "We look forward to continuing to build upon our strong performance in providing outstanding service for all of our customers on Oahu." About BAE SYSTEMS: BAE SYSTEMS Technical Services is a recognized leader in test and training range operation and maintenance and instrumentation radar manufacture with over forty years of range and radar design and range operations and maintenance experience. BAE SYSTEMS North America employs 22,000 people in the design, development, integration, manufacture and support of a wide range of advanced aerospace products and intelligent electronic systems for government and commercial customers. BAE SYSTEMS is the truly global systems, defense and aerospace company. BAE SYSTEMS employs some 100,000 people and has annual sales of around $18 billion. The company offers a global capability in air, sea, land and space with a world-class prime contracting ability supported by a range of key skills. BAE SYSTEMS designs and manufactures civil and military aircraft, surface ships, submarines, space systems, radar, avionics avionics (ā'vēŏn`ĭks), electronic instruments used in air or space flight; also the design and production of such instruments. Early planes had few instruments, but as aviation and aircraft became more complex, so did instrumentation. , communications, electronics, guided weapon systems and a range of other defense products. |
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